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The Juan Chipol 5 aside Ladies Tournament, For the past 4 years Manchester United Ladies (pictured) have been the winners of the 5 aside tournaments.

This tournament is played annually in respect of the late Mr Juan Chipol, who did more than what people can think of towards Ladies Football in Gibraltar. The tournament has been organised to take place on Saturday 3rd January at the New Tercentenary Sports Hall. Hopefully after this event the 11 aside league can commence.

Below are the results of last year's 11 a side league:

02-12-07 6.00pm Man Utd 2 v 2 Gib Utd
02-12-07 7.10pm Gib Yellow 0 v 5 St Josephs
09-12-07 6.00pm Man Utd 3 v 0 Gib Yellow
09-12-07 7.10pm St Josephs 1 v 1 Gib Utd
16-12-07 6.00pm Man Utd 2 v 0 St Josephs
16-12-07 7.10pm Gib Utd 3 v 1 Gib Yellow

13-01-08 6.00pm Gib Utd 1 v 2 Man Utd
13-01-08 7.10pm St Josephs 2 v 0 Gib Yellow
20-01-08 6.00pm Gib Yellow 0 v 1 Man Utd
20-01-08 7.10pm Gib Utd 1 v 1 St Josephs
27-01-08 6.00pm Mixed Team Training for Selection

03-02-08 6.00pm St Josephs 2 v 1 Man Utd
03-02-08 7.10pm Gib Yellow 2 v 3 Gib Utd
10-02-08 6.00pm Gib Utd 0 v 2 Man Utd
10-02-08 7.10pm Gib Yellow 2 v 3 St Josephs
17-02-08 6.00pm Man Utd cancelled Gib Yellow
17-02-08 7.10pm St Josephs cancelled Gib Utd
24-02-08 6.00pm Man Utd 1 v 0 St Josephs
24-02-08 7.10pm Gib Utd 3 v 1 Gib Yellow

02-03-08 6.00pm St Josephs 2 v 1 Man Utd
09-03-08 6.00pm Man Utd 4 v 0 Gib Utd
09-03-08 7.10pm St Josephs 5 v 0 Gib Yellow
16-03-08 6.00pm Gib Yellow 1 v 2 Man Utd
16-03-08 7.10pm Gib Utd 1 v 1 St Josephs
23-03-08 6.00pm Gib Yellow w/o v Gib Utd
30-03-08 6.00pm Man Utd 2 v 1 Gib Yellow (rescheduled)
30-03-08 7.10pm St Josephs 1 v 1 Gib Utd (rescheduled)

STANDINGS

1st - MANCHESTER UNITED
2nd - ST JOSEPHS
3rd - GIBRALTAR UNITED
4th - GIB YELLOW

The Gibraltar National Day 5 aside Ladies Tournament:
had been organised in previous years although the cup was lost and therefore was not held for several years. The Chairwoman of the Gibraltar Football Association (Ladies), Mrs Lesley Jackson, got it running again this year and hopefully it will continue as an annual event. A special mention of thanks to Mr Richard Manning and Lesley for refereeing the matches.

The 2008 tournament showed that after winning the Juan Chipol 5 aside tournament and the 2007-08 11 aside league the Manchester United Ladies were just as strong even though they had to be split up into 2 teams, by taking the 1st and 2nd position.

Winners 2008 - Manchester United (White)
Nicola Asquez, Christine Dean-Penfold, Claire Nunez, Sadie Fa, Olivia Sargent, Victoria Dominguez-Cantos, Gynaika Mena, Nadine Carreras

Runners Up 2008 - Manchester United (Red)
Joelle Moreno, Maximm Lopez, Leila Asquez, Sammy Machin, Lenise Danino, Nicole Lopez, Zoe Asquez, Megan Martinez

3rd - Gibraltar United
4th St Josephs
5th - Gibraltar Utd


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ALDE Members against Gibraltar Football Association

Liberal and Democrat (ALDE) Members of the European Parliament played a football match against a team representing the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar on Thursday 13th November 2008. The aim of the match was to drive home the point that the MEPs are more than happy to play against the GFA even though Europe's governing body of football UEFA continues to ban Gibraltar's participation in European competition.

Interview: Watson, MEP for Gibraltar and the South West.

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Gibraltar applied to join FIFA in the late 1990s only for Spain to threaten to pull its national and club teams out of every international competition.

UEFA could not let that happen so they changed their entry criteria so that all new members had to be in the United Nations.

FIFA found a different reason and cited the 3,000 capacity Victoria Stadium, which is situated on an isthmus of land between the British colony and the Spanish border town of La Linea.

That isthmus also accommodates the territory’s airport, which opened to international flights from Spain for the first time in 2007. FIFA though, claim the stadium cannot host international football because the ownership has never been decided.

The pitch at the stadium is the only one in Gibraltar and used all-day long by schoolchildren then the local leagues so the Gibraltar Football Association laid an artificial surface years ago. Bizarrely, that third generation pitch is a FIFA approved playing surface.

This was done years ago through the English FA as the GFA was an affiliate until falling out with the motherland as the row with FIFA and UEFA over membership progressed.

At least Gibraltar has a stadium as many of the lands that FIFA has forgotten cannot even play at home.

In Monaco, the amateur national side is not allowed to play in the 20,000 capacity Stade Louis II stadium, which is home to the only club in Monaco, ASM.

ASM compete in the French league and the government is concerned that if the Fédération Monégasque de Football joined UEFA then ASM may have to leave the French league so the FMF are tacitly accepted but officially unrecognized.

And if Monaco’s national team did play a match at the Stade Louis II stadium against the likes of Northern Cyprus, then ASM could face sanctions from FIFA.

In 2006, the TRNC journeyed to southern France to take on a side representing speakers of the ancient language of Occitània in a run-down council stadium in Vendargues as this was the only ground that could host the tie without FIFA sanctions.

That is also why the 5,000 capacity Vanlose Stadium in Denmark hosted Tibet’s first match in 2001.

A team of exiled players from the Himalayan kingdom, which was invaded by China in 1950, journeyed to Copenhagen to take on Greenland but no clubs would host the game for fear of FIFA sanctions.

The Greenlanders have even more problems playing as the season in their Arctic island is just three months long and all the pitches are sand. As a result, all Greenland’s international matches are away games but the Greenlandic FA are aiming to change that situation.

Rejected by FIFA in the late 1990s, Greenland hope to lay an artificial surface and host a four-team tournament as part of a campaign to encourage tourists to the island.

Greenland is semi-autonomous from Denmark but the cost of laying the pitch would be four times more than in Western Europe with only one air route between Copenhagen and Nuuk.

Despite this, the Greenlanders are confident of laying the surface to host a four-team event in three to four years time then adding stands later on. Greenland want to show that being forgotten by FIFA is no obstacle to playing international football.

"Outcasts!", which was shortlisted for the National Sporting Club football book of the year award in 2008 and is published by Know The Score Books.


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The twenty- one clubs in dispute with the Gibraltar Football Association have issued a statement; the principal demand of which is that the GFA call an EGM for no later than Friday 12th. December 2008.

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BARCLAYS WEALTH JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Under 11
Lincoln Sort/Barwill	5	v	1	Lions Music Corner
Manchester Utd Fenmar	1	v	1	Glacis Utd
Chelsea SC	2	v	11	Gib Utd JBS
Lincoln FC	1	v	12	Gib Utd Form A Co
St Josephs FC Go Go Cards	5	v	0	Lions R&J Refrigeration
Reamad	0	v	3	Manchester Utd Hassans
Lincoln Volkswagen	8	v	0	Gibraltar Utd Stan James
Under 15
Gib Utd Portman	3	v	2	St Joseph's
Gib Utd Portman	8	v	0	Lincoln FC
St Joseph's	0	v	5	Lions Angling Centre
Glacis Utd	0	v	1	Manchester Utd MBS

Click here to view some excellent pictures taken by the editor of What's on Around Gibraltar


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The junior committee would like to draw to your attention of a few matters which we feel that managers are not complying with the rules of the Junior League.

All teams should have signed the minimum required number of players for the team to be eligible to start the season.

Games are not starting on time this is due to managers keeping their team on the benches once the game has finished it would be appreciated that once your game has finished could you please make your way behind the benches so the other game can start as soon as possible.

Could referees please keep to the rules, we feel that the boys at junior level should be taught the rules in the correct manner throw-ins is the most visible thing that we have noticed, players are getting away with foul throws lets try any show the player the right way.

The state of the pitch has again been raised by the stadium authorities bins are provided so please lets use them. The committee will be monitoring the situation after every game.

Only those nominated by each team will be allowed to enter the field of play may I remind you that only three officials are allowed per team.

All players shirts are to be numbered, at this present time there are a couple of teams without numbers, this becomes a headache for the time keeper when it comes to make substitutions. Please can these teams have numbers before their next game.

The committee will not tolerate any abuse from parents towards any official I must remind you that your club is responsible for both parents and supporters. I would be grateful if you could convey this to them to be on their best behavior at all times.

Could clubs please inform parents that once their son /daughters game has finished they can collect their child from the changing room and not from the pitch, as parents seem to wandering in on to pitch.

The committee will at any time do random checks on teams for both registration and over age players please don’t get offended when approached.

Both Time keepers and referees are being kept as appointed with a few exceptions the committee have informed them and have been given a warning.

First non appearance £10 Second non appearance £20 Third non appearance £30 and referred to disciplinary committee.

Please find below rules for the field of play

1. All free kicks except for a back pass are direct
2. 7 paces (3 meters) for a wall to be placed from the ball when taking foul.
3. All back passes must be whistled
4. Substitutions must go through the time keeper and must be made in a dead ball situation so that the referee is made aware of the substitution.
5. All players must play in both the first half and second half of the game.
6. No players from both the under 7 and under 9’s are not permitted to play in an older age group, players from the under 11 & 13 & 15 can only play a maximum of 5 games
7. In an event of a cup game, in a case of a draw 3 penalties will be taken, only if draw persists sudden death then will occur this only applies to under 7,9,11 under 13 & 15 as senior cup rules.
8. A team must start with a minimum of seven players if this is not applied walk over will be given to other team.

Should for any reason you are unable to attend your given appointment you must make alternative arrangements within your club and not with the committee.

Should you have any queries of the above please do not hesitate to contact me.
Richard Manning
Junior Secretary
RManning@gibc.edu.gi

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I speak as a suspended player myself, the reason which i gave for not being able to play for the GFA was ignored. I had just started a new job when i was called up for the GFA, this job consisted of shift works, therefore i simply could not commit myself 100% as requested from the GFA manager. Apart from that i was not entitled to enough leave in order to travel abroad with the GFA. If this is not a valid reason im afraid there is no valid reason for the GFA, i have not even been asked to produce a letter from my employer to prove this, which i can do so.

Players which have to PAY to PLAY like us, should not be treated in this manner, as even proffesionals reject being selected to represent there country, even for the simple reason of not being happy with the manager, team etc. I think the GFA have gone a bit to far this time and honestly they have been making decisions such as these for many years now.

It is time to finally put a stop to this, and if it takes a whole year without football let it be, anyway the league this year would have started a week ago and would have ended sometime march, due to GFA selection training yet another wrong decision.

I hope Gibraltar realises what we footballers have to put up with!

Jordan Perez
(pictured above)

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A major row has erupted between clubs and players as to whether players are entitled not to play for the GFA selection.

Graham Watson
guardian.co.uk, Monday November 17 2008 08.00 GMT
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Speaking at the conclusion of a three day international liberal conference hosted by the local Liberal Party, Mr Watson reiterated his commitment to Gibraltar and confirmed he would be seeking re-election to his England South-West constituency seat, to which the Rock is attached, next time round.

Mr Watson declared that the highlight of the European Liberal Democrat visit had been the football match with Gibraltar veterans at Victoria Stadium on Thursday.

He said this had been an opportunity to draw attention to “the atrocious behaviour of UEFA” in ignoring legal rulings by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, that were favourable to the Rock’s membership.

“San Marino and the Faroe Islands are members, and there is no good reasons why Gibraltar should not be allowed to take part,” said Mr Watson who recalled his Scottish origin as another example to back his argument.

In answer to questions Mr Watson said his role in Parliament included defending Gibraltar’s interests when these were “under attack by Spain or others.”

“Every visit to Gibraltar makes me even more proud to represent Gibraltar in Europe,” he declared.

He said Partido Popular MEP’s were trying to use the European Parliament “as a platform” in this respect, and pointed to mischievous allegations from that quarter blaming the New Flame for pollution that affected Spanish beaches when “this had originated from the Sierra Nava.”
Asked to comment on recent remarks by the GFA that it was considering the appointment of a Spaniard to the post of Gibraltar Football Development Officer, Mr Watson expressed surprise, but agreed that in a market economy environment such as ours, “Gibraltar had to appoint the best man for the job.”

“This shows the kind of tolerance that Gibraltarian society has developed over the years. One of the great things is the level of community cohesion which exists here.”

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Liberal and Democrat (ALDE) Members of the European Parliament will be playing football Thursday against a team representing the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar.

The aim of the match is to drive home the point that the MEPs are more than happy to play against the GFA even though Europe’s governing body of football UEFA continues to ban Gibraltar’s participation in European competition.

It will be recalled that on instructions from the Spanish Government, the Spanish Football Federation has opposed the GFA’s application to join UEFA. Moreover, UEFA rules were changed after the GFA applied to join to ensure that only sovereign independent states could be admitted as members.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has already ruled in two separate cases that the GFA’s application must be considered in the context of what UEFA rules were at the time the application was made, that under the said rules the GFA is entitled to membership of UEFA and that the Executive Committee of UEFA had not acted in accordance with its rules in dealing with the GFA’s application.

Graham Watson MEP, the Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), has made strong representations to UEFA urging them to accept the GFA as members. Mr Watson is a UK Liberal Democrat MEP for the South West of England and Gibraltar and is leading the delegation of 14 MEPs from 13 different countries that will be in Gibraltar.

The MEPs have had football kits printed specially for the event.

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MADEIRA’S young talents deservedly won the inaugural triangular Jersey FA International Trophy at Springfield yesterday.

The team (pictured) beat Jersey 2-0, the same scoreline they recorded over Gibraltar on Friday. And as in the first match, only poor finishing kept the scoreline against Jersey to two, although to their credit the home side, who seemed stunned by the ferocity of Madeira’s attacking flair, pace and force in the first ten minutes, recovered well and had a ‘goal’ of their own disallowed just before half-time.

With a more attacking line-up in the second half, following the introduction of Craig Russell and Paul Aitken, they also made enough chances to make this an entertaining and open game with thrills – and misses – in those last 45 minutes for both sides.

The crowd, too, approaching 1,000 (including many of the Island’s Portuguese community), were also enthralled by the standard of play, and afterwards Ricky Weir, president of the Jersey Football Association said: ‘At least half of the spectators seemed pleased by the result! But this was a well organised, successful tournament which ticked all the right boxes.’

On Friday, in their first match, Jersey beat Island Games champions Gibraltar 2-1, the winning goal being scored by Barry Beatson in stoppage time.

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THE inaugural JFA International Football Tournament was opened with some style at a cold Springfield (Jersey) last night as Madeira warmed their fans with an excellent 2-0 victory over Gibraltar.

But forget the 2-0 scoreline if you want an accurate indication of the play. Island Games champions Gibraltar, even taking into account their being reduced to ten men early in the second half, were extremely fortunate to get off with a 2-0 defeat in which clever striker Mario Fernanadez scored both goals.

Madeira’s Rodrigues missed the penalty that resulted from the red card handling offence of Jansen Moreno, but the second of Mario Fernandez’s two goals, 20 minutes from time, sealed a deserved victory.

Gibraltar now play Jersey today, with the deciding match tomorrow against Madeira, both games at Springfield.

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Gibraltar, the current Island Games champions and Madeira will go to Jersey and play two games each in a round robin format. The first match on Friday evening 8 November will be played between Madeira and Gibraltar KO likely 6pm (tbc) followed by Jersey vs Gibraltar on Saturday 9th November at 3pm and Jersey vs Madeira on Sunday at 3pm, all matches taking place at Springfield Stadium. Both visiting FA’s will fly in on Thursday evening 7th November with Gibraltar leaving on Monday 11th and Madeira leaving on Tuesday 12th November.

This initiative has been in the pipeline for almost 2 years and emanated initially from a visit by Jersey FA President, Ricky Weir to meet Gibraltar FA President Joey Nunez in October 2006. Further dialogue was built at last year’s Island Games in Rhodes where Jersey were drawn in the same group as Gibraltar and were only 6 minutes from knocking them out when a stunning free kick from Gibraltar levelled the match. Gibraltar eventually qualified as winners by virtue of having scored more goals than Jersey and went on to win the tournament.

Earlier this year Jersey FA President, Ricky Weir also arranged to meet with Madeira F.A. President Mr Rui Marote and officials during a visit to Madeira to invite them to participate and in the past 6-7 months continued correspondence and a further meeting in mid July confirmed their commitment. Madeira of course have strong and historic links with the island and their visit this year will coincide not only with their 500th anniversary celebrations but also the 10th anniversary of the twinning of Funchal and St Helier.

As Jersey continue to pursue a meaningful and competitive games fixture calendar this tournament is seen as a stepping stone along that pathway and it is hoped can draw the attention of football’s governing bodies the FA, UEFA and FIFA in some shape or form. During a meeting between Jersey FA working party chairman Steve Meilklejohn and the then FA Chairman Mr Geoff Thompson, who currently remains as a FIFA and UEFA vice President it was suggested that Jersey take the initiative to create a ‘small nation’ tournament.

Tremendous thanks must go to our main sponsor Michael Wilde through the Wilde Family Office Limited, without who’s support this tournament would simply not be happening. Furthermore I would like to thanks and acknowledge the important part played by Elizabeth at Estrela Travel for her assistance and persistence in finalizing the Madeira flights and to a similar degree my Vice President Iain MacKenzie for his part in securing the Gibraltar flights as well as the Ambassadeur and Mayfair Hotels for their beneficial accommodation rates.

Jersey FA President, Ricky Weir said “This is an exciting opportunity and fantastic platform for us to promote ourselves in the international arena against two other proud and passionate small football territories. Gibraltar of course similar to Jersey seek international recognition and already have gained a high profile in their ongoing dispute with UEFA. As current Island Games champions they will also give Jersey the chance to demonstrate how misleading our final position was at last year’s Island Games. Madeira of course comprises a huge section of Jersey Island life and I am sure the large and vociferous local Madeiran residents will turn out in force to support the first ever visit by a Madeiran national side to the island. I hope we will also get great support for our own Jersey national side. On the back of the up and coming international against an England amateur XI we see this tournament as an important milestone as part of the bigger picture in raising our profile and gaining wider international recognition for small nation territories such as ourselves, Gibraltar and Madeira and who knows to where it could lead. We do however need to demonstrate not only on the field, but also off the field through everyone involved in local football, plus you the media and our politicians, what a passion and determination exists on the island to develop our game towards further international competition.”

Senator Mike Vibert Minister for Education Sport and Culture added: “I congratulate the Jersey FA on arranging this small nations tournament and very much look forward to seeing how Jersey gets on, in what should be, very interesting fixtures. There has been much debate about finding an appropriate games programme for our 'national' football team and this is yet another good example of how Jersey FA officials have worked very hard to provide these opportunities. I hope that the whole weekend is very successful and that this is the first of such tournaments between small nations across Europe which may lead to more formal competitions with the support of FIFA and UEFA.”

Gibrlatar FA President, Joey Nunez comments “The failure of UEFA to develop, support and assist football in all corners of Europe means that tournaments such as those organised by the Jersey FA are the only means for long established independent amateur associations such as that of Jersey, Guernsey, Greenland and Gibraltar to be able to compete at national level and give their members the stimulus required to progress and develop. The importance which such tournaments have for the development of the game in the particular jurisdiction cannot be over emphasised and the Gibraltar FA whole heartedly supports and encourages the efforts of the Jersey FA through the hosting of such tournament to bring to the notice of the powers that be that amateur and grassroots football in such places as Jersey and Gibraltar should not be forgotten and indeed incorporated within the European governing bodies fold.”

Jersey Island Team Manager, Dave Kennedy said of the tournament “At present, our only competitive fixtures are the Muratti and the Island Games so the tournament is a perfect opportunity for our players to compete against attractive opposition who are pitched at our level. We were five minutes away from beating Gibraltar in Rhodes last summer so we will certainly look forward to meeting them again whereas our game against Madeira should attract a healthy crowd'. 'All our lads are proud to represent Jersey so to have the opportunity to win a tournament on home soil is excellent”

Unfortunately the Gibraltar squad will be severely weakened as many players have work commitments. Let's just hope Madeira don't field their famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

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(click on images to enlarge) The success of football in Gibraltar could be measured by the large amount of teams playing in the three leagues or by the equally large number of teams in the junior leagues. Another way in which it's success could be measured is whether it is able to attract players from different minority groups. Gibraltar has always been proud to readily accept U.K. players in the leagues through the combined Services teams, which still exists today in the junior leagues. Gibraltar has also recently seen the introduction of a ladies' league, however of significant importance is the existence of a Moroccan team.

Morocco United has been in existence since 1996, although this team originally started out as Moroccan Star. Some internal problems, which led to the emergence of two Moroccan teams culminated in a truce which saw Moroccan United continue partaking in local football.

The current team still have problems of sorts and it is only the organisational skills and determination of their manager, Mustafa Fakir (pictured, top, far right), which manages to keep the team going. Mustafa mentioned exclusively to SportGibraltar.com, that "although we have 18 players we are rarely able to turn up with more than just the 11 players needed". The reasons for this shortfall, is due to the fact that many of the players have evening jobs and therefore are unable to get out of their work commitments to come and play the game they love so much. Mustafa wishes that his players had 9-5 jobs like most of the players playing for other teams. Mustafa also mentions the financial aspects of the game that affects the ability of the players to play. Every team must pay an entry fee of £200 per season, plus a £20 fee per player, per season. This means that many players will have to pay to meet these financial demands as well as having to pay £3 for a yellow and £6 for a red. This rule applies to all GFA teams however the fact that most of Morocco United players have low incomes make the prospect of attaining a yellow or even red card a real non starter.

Luckily enough, the Bank of Maroc, sponsored Morocco United by providing them with a three strips, which they have been using for a number of years. They therefore do not have much demand for strips but do certainly need some kind of sponsoring to meet the costs of running a team. Mustafa often has to fork out, from his own pocket to meet these fees and is willing to do so in order to give his players a game. Mustafa is a great representative of everything that should be football in Gibraltar. He too was once a proud player but has had to give up due to some injuries.
Mustafa is proud of the history of his club especially since the team went up from fourth division to the heady heights of the second division. Mustafa clearly stated that that was as far as they were capable of going as he knew the limits of hi players, commitment wise.

When asked about whether any of his players had suffered any form of racial abuse. He clearly stated that he had never experienced such a thing and was very quick to point out that the reverse was certainly true. Mustafa applauds the manner in which Gibraltar football has accepted the Moroccan team as a truly Gibraltarian entity, in fact other sides look with anticipation at playing them and generally raise their game against Moroccan United.



I was fortunate enough to watch a game, between Moroccan United (pictured 1st) against Leo's Sanots & Sons (pictured 2nd) and meet Mustafa in person. The camaraderie shown in the game and fair play was something to admire. Both teams battled hard throughout the game which ended 3-3. The game did finish a little earlier as the lights in the stadium went out 5 minutes before the end.

There were the occasional tussles within the game, between players of either team but this was clearly put aside at the end of the game, as both teams came together and shook hands.

Gibraltarian football should be proud to have such diversity within its association and the sense of fair play that is found at all levels.

Mustafa Fakir can be contacted by calling his mobile on Tel: (00 350) 58169000. Mustafa would be very interested in finding someone that would be willing to sponsor his team and therefore keep this great symbol of our cosmopolitan society, alive.

Third division standings, most recent:

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Shamrock 101 FC	11	9	1	1	41	8	33	28
Pegasus FC	9	8	1	0	39	11	28	25
College Res	11	6	2	3	25	17	8	20
Sporting Club Gibraltar	10	6	1	3	21	13	8	19
Rock Cosmo	11	5	3	3	23	23	0	18
Lions Res	9	4	3	2	15	10	5	15
Bayside FC	11	4	2	5	24	26	-2	14
Europort FC	11	3	3	5	21	24	-3	12
Leo's Santos & Sons	11	3	2	6	22	20	2	11
Moroccan United	9	2	1	6	11	22	-11	7
Red Devils Netgear	11	1	3	7	24	35	-11	6
Chelsea FC	10	0	0	10	13	62	-49	0

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As the time approaches for a decision to be made on the future of Gibraltar's football. We take a brief look at Gbraltar's preious international encounters.

Island Games: The first competition the team entered was the 1993 Island Games. Gibraltar lost all of its matches, scoring only one goal and finishing in last place.

They had much more success in the 1995 Island Games, which they hosted. Despite losing their opening game against Greenland, Gibraltar bounced back to record their first competitive win, against the Isle of Man. Another victory over Anglesey saw Gibraltar finish second in the group, ahead of Anglesey only on goal difference, and qualify for the semi finals. There, they beat Jersey 1-0, before losing the final to the Isle of Wight by the same scoreline.

First international Sevilla FC 2 - 0 Gibraltar (Spain; 15 April, 1923) not FIFA regulated

Largest win Gibraltar 19 - 0 Sark (Guernsey, Channel Islands; 29 June, 2003) not FIFA regulated

Worst defeat Sevilla FC 5 - 0 Gibraltar (Spain; 18 April, 1923) not FIFA regulated Greenland 5 - 0 Gibraltar (Isle of Wight, England; 6 July, 1993) not FIFA regulated

In the 1997 edition, two wins and two losses in the group stage, followed by a defeat to Shetland in a playoff, saw Gibraltar finish 6th out of 9 teams. Another poor performance in 1999 saw them finish 11th.

Results improved slightly in 2001, as they came 5th, and in 2003 Gibraltar recorded their biggest win ever, defeating Sark 19-0. Other good results against Greenland and Orkney saw them finish 6th out of 12. Despite these minor successes, Gibraltar did not even enter the 2005 tournament.

FIFI Wild Cup In 2006 Gibraltar participated in the 2006 FIFI Wild Cup were it was ranked 3rd. In Gibraltar's opening match, they drew 1-1 with the hosts, the 'Republic of St. Pauli', before beating Tibet 5-0 in their second group game to qualify for the semi-finals. There they lost 2-0 to eventual champions Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. In the third place playoff, Gibraltar had a rematch against St. Pauli. This time Gibraltar were able to defeat the hosts, to finish in third place out of the six teams.

See also

• South Athletic Football Team (Gibraltar): One of the many Gibraltar football teams playing in the Rock during the early years of the 20th century.

External links

• Island games results
• FIFI World Cup results
• Spanish site about Gibraltar's inclusion into UEFA
• All-time results at rsssf.com

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